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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning - Lynchburg police need your help finding this man- accused of murdering a woman early this morning
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And a ninth person has died after a train wreck in South Carolina.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[L'burg-Murder]

Lynchburg police are searching for a man they believe killed a woman early this morning.
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Officials say 45-year-old Clayton Calvin Martin Junior shot 25 year old Jamishia Lanise Jackson around 12:30 this morning in front of the
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James Crossing Apartment Complex on Longview Road.
Jackson was sitting in a car directly across the street from the apartments.
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Both Jackson and Martin lived in the building.
Police say Martin fled on foot.
He is approximately 6'1" and 200 pounds.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-798-5900.

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Two people are dead and several others are wounded after a shooting at a private party at a nightclub in Chicago early Saturday morning.
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Police say the shooting happened around 3:15 when a group of people tried to re-enter Cafe Allure after it had already closed.
According to police, a fight broke out between club security and four outside people.
Two of those people fired guns into the club when they could not regain access into the building.
Witness say they saw bottles being thrown, then a scuffle- before shots were fired.
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((TAMIKIA CHARLES/WITNESS: ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY STARTED PUSHING AND SHOVING AND STANDING ON THE TABLES. THE NEXT THING I KNOW WE RAN IN THE BATHROOM, THEY STARTED SHOOTING AND PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING. WHEN WE LOOKED OUT, PEOPLE WERE LAID OUT ON THE FLOOR BLEEDING AND EVERYTHING, WE WERE JUST REAL SCARED. WE'RE JUST GLAD TO BE OUT ALIVE.))
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Several people were taken to local area hospitals.
One person remains in critical condition and on life support.
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[Meth-Lab]

A routine traffic stop in Covington is being credited for the discovery of a methamphetamine lab.
Police say they pulled a vehicle over for speeding around 8:15 Friday night.
During the course of events, an officer called for help from a narcotics dog team at the Alleghany County Sheriff's office.
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This led police to get a search warrant for a room at the *Townhouse Motel* on West Main Street, where they found several items used to make meth.
Charges in the case are pending.
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Palestinians on Sunday held their first presidential election in nine years- choosing a successor to long time leader Yasser Arafat who died in November.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is there and says the voting situation in Jerusalem is ``very confused.''
He's part of international teams watching today's vote.
They say many Palestinians in Jerusalem are finding their names aren't on registration lists.
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Polls opened at seven o'clock and as expected voting was brisk and security tight.
In this country where some 1.8 MILLION Palestians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jersalem are eligible to vote- it was no surprise.
More than 28-hundred ballot boxes were shipped Saturday to more than one-thousand polling stations in the West Bank and Gaza. In southern Gaza, a polling station didn't open because the ballot boxes could not be brought in by roads the Israeli army blocked weeks earlier.
The election- which is between seven candidates has Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'), pulling away from the pack.
Abbas, the candidate of Arafat's ruling Fatah movement, is expected to win easily. He was the one of the first to cast his ballot in Ramallah.
Analysts say Abbas will need a strong showing to push forward his agenda of resuming peace talks with Israel and reforming the corruption-riddled Palestinian Authority.
Israel, for its part, said it is ready to meet with Abbas shortly after the election.
Senior officials said Israel is prepared to release Palestinian prisoners if Abbas can halt Palestinian rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip....))

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The state is giving some police departments in our area three-million dollars to help ward off gang activity.
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One of the biggest benefactors of the grant was the Radford Police department.
The department received nearly 78-thousand dollars.
Chief Gary Harman says the city does not have a major problem with gangs, but hopes the money will keep it that way.
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((GARY HARMAN:I DON'T THINK THERE IS A LARGE GANG PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE HAD A FEW GANG MEMBERS THAT ARE TRICKLING IN HERE AND THERE AND WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND SLOW THAT TRICKLE DOWN AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ENTRENCHED IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY.))
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Last June, Radford police and federal investigators arrested 14-people involved in a gang-related drug ring.
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[SC-Train]

South Carolina officials say a ninth person has died from Thursday's train wreck.
The body was found inside a nearby textile plant.
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The Norfolk Southern train sent a deadly cloud of chlorine gas into the town of Graniteville after the crash.
The toxic gas leak forced residents from their homes at least until Tuesday.
54-hundred people have been displaced.
The railroad is paying for hotel rooms and giving residents 100 dollar Wal-Mart gift cards.
But some are staying home.
One man who remained in a house three blocks from the wreck says he's stuffed towels under the doors and plastic on the windows to keep out fumes
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Another train accident, this one in Texas, is also leaking chemicals and causing problems for residents.
A Union Pacific freight train derailed yesterday.
Three rail cars were turned on their sides.
The train was traveling a line going through a chemical plant.
Residents in that area were asked to stay in their homes because of hydrogen peroxide leaking from the train.
Shelters are in place for residents.
There are no reports of injuries, but officials are concerned with the hydrogen peroxide mixing with chemicals from the plant.
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[Tsunami]

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Fighting has resumed between separatist rebels and the Indonesian military in tsunami-stricken northern Sumatra (sue-mat-ra.)
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The rebels fired at officers early Sunday morning at the home of a top police official near the United Nations' relief headquarters in Banda Aceh (AH'-cheh).
There were no casualties.
Police and UN officials say the UN's headquarters was not the target of the shooting.
Both Australia and the U-S have unarmed military teams helping the massive aid effort, and there are fears the conflict could hamper the effort.
The rebels have been fighting a low-intensity war against Indonesian troops for more than 20 years.
Indonesian forces are accused of brutality in the region and are generally hated.
Both sides had said they would stop fighting after the December 26th tsunami, but clashes have broken out in recent days.
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Three's a charm for the Saint Louis Rams.
The Rams beat the Seahawks for the third time this season to become the first NFL team to qualify for the playoffs.
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It all came down to Marc Bulger finding tight end Cam Cleeland on a 17 yard TD strike with just over 2 minutes left.
That was the difference as Saint Louis moves on with a 27 to 20 win.
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In the AFC, the Jets and Chargers went to overtime knotted at 17, before Doug Brien knocked back this 27 yard field goal, propelling the Jets into the divisional round- 20 to 17.
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The Wildcard action continues today here on WDBJ 7 as Denver and Indianapolis battle for the other AFC spot.
That game begins at 12:30 this afternoon.
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Coming up after the break - Brent has a complete look at your work week weather
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and a little later
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we're cooking up an italian tradition --- in a crock pot. See if mama would be proud in today's Weekend Diner
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A local organization helped the Red Cross "pump things up" for one of its biggest blood drives of the year this weekend.
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The Junior League of Roanoke organized the Blood Bowl 2005 to encourage donors to donate blood for pediatric patients.
The group also uses the drive as a learning tool for the volunteers involved.
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((CATHERINE ARMITAGE:YOUR FIRST YEAR IN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE YOU'RE BEING TRAINED AND THIS BLOOD DRIVE IS A TRAINING PROGRAM. TO LEARN HOW TO DO FUND RAISING, TO LEARN HOW TO COORDINATE VOLUNTEERS, TO LEARN HOW TO RUN AN OPERATION.))
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The Roanoke Valley chapter of the Red Cross also benefits from the donor drive.
It expected to take in more blood yesterday- than collected from the entire valley last week.
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((BOB LUTJEN/AMERICAN RED CROSS:PEOPLE THAT NEED BLOOD ARE FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, CLASSMATES IT'S NOT SOME NAMELESS FACELESS PATIENT.))
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More than 200 pints of blood were expected to be collected in the Blood Bowl.
The Red Cross says that will be a large chunk of the pediatric blood it needs in 2005.
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Health officials are not releasing any details about the person with T-B from Elon Elementary. But between fifty and sixty people will be tested for possible exposure.
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Testing typically includes a skin test. Health officials say the test is not always accurate and it can take 10 to 12 weeks after infection for it register positive.
Many who are infected don't actually develop the disease, so they're not sick or contagious.
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((LEX GIBSON/HEALTH OFFICIAL; ONCE YOU ARE INFECTED IT CAN ANYWHERE FROM SEVERAL MONTHS TO YOUR LIFETIME 60 YEARS BEFORE YOU BREAK DOWN AND GET TB IF EVER 42 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE INFECTED WITH TB GERM WILL NOT DEVELOP TB IN THEIR LIFETIME))
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Once T-B disease is diagnosed the course of treatment includes antibiotics for six to nine months.
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In other news, the addition of Doctor Soheir Boshra (Sue-hair Bosh-ruh) as the medical director at Brandon Oaks Nursing and Rehab center is part of an effort to bring specialized geriatric care to the nursing home. She actually works for the Carilion Center for Healthy Aging. But here as part of joint venture between the two facilities.
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((WE HAVE SICKER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW IN NURSING HOMES AND NOW WE CAN DO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING FROM REHAB SERVICES, TO WOUND CARE, THE SPECIALIZED NURSE TRAINING))
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Also in the medical news, The Roanoke Rescue Mission is hoping to help more diabetics like Robin Sandridge.
The Mission's health center has started a diabetes care program thanks to a grant from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.

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((JUST BY LEARNING THEIR DIET THEY'RE PROPER EATING HABITS, TAKING THEIR MEDICATIONS REGULARLY, AND LEARNING HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODIES THAT THEY WILL BECOME BETTER AND THEY WILL LEAD A MUCH HEALTHIER LIFE))
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The program is only available to homeless in the area. The clinic has found that at least 20 percent of the homeless people who come to the Roanoke Rescue Mission have diabetes.
That's health review, I'm Joy Sutton.
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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning - Lynchburg police are on the lookout for this suspected murderer.
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And we may be enjoying warm weather, but winter storms are causing headaches for many people across the country.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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Winter storms are causing problems for much of the US. Officials in Utah say two people were killed in separate avalanches. The avalanches happened when temperatures rose to the 40s after several days of snow.
In California, days of heavy rains have triggered landslides and blocked roads. At least three people are dead. More snow and rain are on the way.
Yesterday, some 200 cars were stuck for hours in the San Bernardino National forest. Miguel Marquez has more.
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((DRIVERS, PLUCKED FROM THEIR CARS AND DRIVEN OUT BY SNOW CALIF. HWY. REFUGEES
STUCK AFTER THEIR CARS GOT BOGGED DOWN IN THREE TO FOUR FEET OF SNOW.
JEFF VALDEZ AND JOSH SANTZ WERE ON THEIR WAY TO DO SOME SNOWBOARDING, THEY
INSTEAD SPENT ALL NIGHT WAITING FOR HELP.
I was wondering how long am I going to wait? How much food do I have? I'm
freezing. Are we going to freeze? Wondering who is going top help us.
SAN BERNARDINO FIRE OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 350 CARS GOT STUCK ALONG A NINE MILE
STRETCH OF A TRECHEROUS MOUNTAIN HIWAY. IN ALL 180 DRIVERS WERE RESCUED,
OTHERS WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO DRIVE OUT ON THEIR OWN.
There was an eclipse in front of us and they didn't have chains and there were
two to three miles of cars.
A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROLMAN SAYS THE TROUBLE STARTED WHEN SOME CARS GOT
THROUGH WITHOUT SNOW CHAINS ON THEIR TIRES. AND WITH SNOW COMING DOWN HARD AND
THE FOG THICK, ONCE ONE VEHICLE STOPPED, THEY ALL STOPPED.
There was a huge log jamgetting around that.
Nats ocean waves
FARTHER SOUTH, WAVES KICKED UP BY GALE FORCE WINDS, POUNDED SEASIDE HOMES IN
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. IF YOU THINK IT LOOKS BAD FROM THE OUTSIDE, FROM THE
INSIDE IT'S WORSE.
Well it's really kind of terrifying when you see them come at you, you just
don't if they are going to break through or not.
The National Weather Service says, expect a storm on Sunday and yet another
storm on Monday, and the rainy season isn't even here yet.
Miguel Marquez, CNN, San Bernardino California.
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The U-S isn't alone. Part of Europe are faving hurricane force winds. In Denmark and Sweden, at least 10 deaths are being blamed on the weather.
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Coming up - If you're intimidated by some yoga positions that look like you'll never be able to get out of, then we have some modifications that make it easy of anyone in today's Sunday Shapeup.
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Michael Keaton makes his return to the big screen for the spooky mind thriller "White Noise". See if our movie reviewer thinks it will be a phenomenon in theaters in today's Movie Review.
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(("White Noise" (Universal Pictures)
Review by: Joel Sink
Do you like it when the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? If the answer is yes, you'll probably like "White Noise".
Michael Keaton plays Architect Jonathan Rivers. He is married to Anna (Chandra West) a novelist and has a son from a previous marriage Mike (Nicholas Elia). Jonathan and Anna are thrilled to discover that she is pregnant. Jonathan comes home that evening to celebrate, but Anna never arrives. Jonathan is devastated, but clings to hope that Anna is still alive. Several weeks go by and Jonathan notices a man following him. He confronts the man who turns out to be sort of an electronic medium named Raymond Price (Ian McNeice). Raymond tells Jonathan that Anna is dead and she has been trying to contact him. Raymond uses a technique called EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) which is the presence of voices over television and radio in the absence of a signal (think Carol Ann in the original Poltergeist). Jonathan and another widower Sarah (Deborah Kara Unger) become friends while spending more time with Ian listening to the voices of the dead. As Jonathan's interest in EVP grows, he receives a late night call from Ian asking him to come to his home as soon as he can. Jonathan arrives to find Ian dead and his house wrecked. Jonathan also gets a warning from a psychic telling him that he should not be dabbling with the supernatural. Jonathan continues to listen to the strange voices, but begins to think that Anna is speaking to him from the grave asking him to help people who are still alive, but would perish without his help. Jonathan follows Anna's clues and finds himself in danger from something he did not expect.
"White Noise" was actually pretty good. The writing was tight, the acting was good and the feel of the movie was dark and creepy. Everything was going along quite good until the last couple of minutes. The script had managed to avoid being predictable for most of the movie then makes a couple of big blunders in the last few minutes. If you like psychological thrillers you'll probably like "White Noise".
Joel's take: 6 out of 10
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[Sunday-Shapeup]

Yoga is hot right now, but many people who want to try it get intimidated when they see some of the poses.
But, if you have trouble with floor positions in yoga, we have some modifications that may help
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in today's Sunday Shapeup.
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